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Solar snowboard charges your phone with power collected on the slopes
The dudes at Signal Snowboard have made a snowboard equipped with solar panels that can actually charge your phone.
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Who will serve on Obama’s second-term green team?
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire could head up EPA. L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa could become transportation secretary. Who else? Find out.
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Starving the cities to feed the suburbs
A new report finds that of the $450 billion the federal government spends on real estate each year, the lion’s share subsidizes suburban growth -- at the expense of both cities and the planet.
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New food-safety rules are not making us feel all that nauseated
Both food-safety advocates and the food industry seem to like the rules aimed at preventing food-borne illness. Too bad they're so slow in coming.
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U.S. coal continues its slow fade to black
Production is down 9 percent from 2011. And coal folks are not particularly optimistic about next year either.
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Solar crowdfunding project Mosaic sells out in under 24 hours
A new Kickstarter-style service that makes it easy to invest in rooftop solar arrays has already sold out of shares in its public projects.
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Oil spill art project makes oil seem to flow uphill
Matt Kenyon's art installation seems to defy gravity.
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Soon you’ll be able to drive an electric car from Boston to D.C. with almost no recharging time
Range anxiety no more. Tesla is installing two high-powered charging stations in Connecticut and Delaware.
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Keystone protesters take the fight to TransCanada offices
Activists mobilized on Monday at TransCanada offices in Houston and Westborough, Mass. Next up: big protests in D.C. and New England.
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Australia is so damn hot that they had to add new colors to their heat maps
The heat maps previously went to 118 degrees F -- now they go to 129.
